Railway-car



(No Model.) 3 She'etsSheet 1,

L. P. FARMER.

RAILWAY GAR.

No. 446,984. Patented Feb 24 1891.

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(No Model.) 3 Sheets-Sheet 2. L. P. PARMER.

RAILWAY GAR. No. 446,984, Patented Feb. 24, 1891.

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' L. P. FARMER.

RAILWAY GAR.

No. 446,984. Patented Feb. 24, 1891.

UNITED STATES PATENT EEIG LESLIE P. FARMER, OF SOUTH ORANGE, NEW JERSEY.

RAILWAY-CAR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 446,984, dated February 21, 1891. Application filed December 29, 1890. Serial No- 3'76.028. (No model.) i

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, LEsLIE P. FARMER, of South Orange, county of Essex, State of New Jersey, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Railway-Oars, of which the following is a true and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specificatlon.

My invention relates to the construction of railway-cars having doors at the sides and steps leading up into the interior of the car and of the general characterof the car shown, and described in my patent, No. 432,265, grantedJulyl5, 1890; and theobject of mypresent invention is to improve and strengthen the construction of such cars.

The nature of myimprovements will be bestunderstood as described in connection with the drawings in which they are illustrated, and in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation of the car; Fig. 2, a side elevation of the door-frame, its accessories, and immediate connections. Fig. 3 is a plan View of the framing viewed from a section, say, on line 1 2 of Fig. 2, but with some of the merely ancillary parts omitted for clearness. Fig.4 is across-sectional view on the line 3 4013 Fig. 2'. Fig. 5 is an enlarged plan view of some of theparts shown in Fig. 3. Fig. 6 is a cross-sectional view on line 5 6 of Fig. 0, and Fig. 7 a section on line 7 8 of Fig. 5.

A is the car; B, the side entrance; 0 O C O C C 0 C the longitudinal sills of the car-bod y upon which it is erected. The outer. sills C and one or more of the adjacent inner sills, as 0 are intersected, as shown, and steps D lead up between their divisional parts to the floor of the car. Between and to the ends of the outer divisional sills G I secure a door-framing made up of vertical members of iron E E, a lower horizontal compression member E and one or more upper horizontal compression members, as shown, E being the main one, supplemented by additional braces E E Preferably the lower member E extends out beyond the vertical members, as shown. To the vertical members E, and preferably also to the projecting ends of the member E, I secure brace-plates G G, formed substantially as shown, so as to be widest at the level of the sills C to which said plates are firmly secured, the vertical members E of the frame being also attached directly to the ends of the sill, as by angle-straps, as shown. The frames are secured opposite to each other and should be braced together at the bottom. This bracing I accomplish in two ways: first, by riveting horizontal inwardly-projecting plates II to the lower member of the frames and by riveting to these plates intersecting cross-bars I I I I, which should be secured at the center, as by riveting them, to a plate I, and braced, as by a brace-rod I extending from the intersection of the cross-bars to the frame of the car above. The other braces provided are shown at I I and are secured to the lower members of the frames and extend transversely across the car to the center of the car-body, an iron plate J being preferably secured to the under side of the continuous longitudinal sills, and the braces I and stay-rod I being seen red to said plate.

Instead of connecting the intercepted ends of the sill-sections C by an iron stirrup passing beneath the steps D, as in my former patcut, or in addition to such a stirrup, I provide cross-sills C 0 which are firmly secured to the outer sills O and to the first continuous sill, as G, and to these cross-sills I secure the ends of the sill-sections 0 as shown, and to make this structure firm and secureI provide a triangular plate L, which is firmly secured to the cross-sill (3' and the adjacent continuous sill O, as shown, and I would here call attention to the fact that for the purpose of strengthening the parts described and affordinga better hold for bolts and rivets I re-enforce the sills O, C, and O by channel-iron facings, as K K K, the channel-irons K being secured to the sills C O, and the plate J riveted to the said channel irons, this construction, in com bination with the cross-braces already referred to, fastening the side frames together and effectually preventing displacement or distortion. I also prefer, in connection with the framing above described, to strengthen the body of the car by ties and truss-framing, as indicated at M, M, M M and M but this framing, forming no part of my present invention, need not be further described in this application.

Having now described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Iatent, is-- 1. In a railway-car having its outer longitudinal sills, as C and C interrupted for the admission of a door and steps, as described, an iron frame, as E E E E, secured between and to the ends of the outer sill-sections (1, in combination with brace-plates, as G G, cured to the upright members of said frame and extending back along the sills U, to which they are also secured, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

In a railway-car having its outer longitudinal sills, as and C interrupted forthe admission of a door and steps, as described, an iron frame, as E E E E, having its lower member E extending out beyond the upright members secured between and to the ends of the outer sill-sections C, in combination with brace-plates, as G G, secured to the upright members of said frame and extending back along the sills C, to which and to theprojecting ends of E they are also secured, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

3. In a raibvay-ear having its outer longitudinal sills, as C interrupted, as described, for the admission of a door and steps, an iron frame,as E E E E secured between the sections of the outer sill, brace-plates, as t secured to the frame and to the outer sill-sections, substantially as described, sills, as C, extending transversely from sill-sections C to a continuous longitudinal sill, as C, to support the ends of theinner intersected sill-sections, as and stiffening-plates, as L, secured to sills C" and G, all substantially as and for the purpose specified.

4. In a railwaycar having its outer longitudinal sills, as C (1 interrupted, as described, for the ad mission of a door and steps, iron frames, as E E E E", secured opposite to each other between and to the outer intersected sills, in combination with plates, as U, secured to the lower members of the frames and p rojeeting horizon tally inward, and crossbraees I I, &c., secured to the ends of plates ll, all substantially as and for the purpose specified.

5. In arailway-car baving its outer longitudinal sills, as C" (7", interrupted, as de scribed, for thcadmission of a door and steps, iron frames, as E E E E, secured opposite to each other between and to the outer intersected sills, in combination with plates, as U, secured to the lower members of the frames and projecting horizontally inward, crossbraces l I, &c., secured to the ends of plates II, and a stay-rod, as I securing the interseeting center of braces I I, &c., to the carbody, all substantially as and forthe purpose specified.

0. In a railway-car having its outer longitudinal sills, as O interrupted, as deseribed, for the admission of a door and steps, iron frames, as E E E E, secured opposite to each other between and to the outer intersected sills, in combination with stays, as F, extending upward from the bottom of the frames to the ear-body, to which they are secured, all substantially as and for the purpose specified.

7. In a railway-car having its outer longitudinal sills, as (1 C interrupted, as described, for the admission of a door and steps, iron frames, as E E E E", secured opposite to each other between and to the outer intersected sills, in combination with continuous sills, as C 1, re-enforced by angie-bars K, a connecting-plate .I, and transverse braces 1 secured to the frames and plate J, all substantially as and for the purpose specified.

In a niilway car having its outer longitudinal sills. as C C interruptei'l, as described, for the admission of a door and steps, iron frames, as E E E E, secured opposite to each other between and to the outer intersected sills, in combination with continuous sills, as C C, re-enforced by angle-bars K, a conneeting-plate J, crossbraees I l, uniting the frames, a rod 1, extending from the intersection of the cross-braces to plate J, and transverse braces 1 soon red to the frames and plate .I, all substantially as and for the purpose specified.

LESLIE I. FARHER.

\Vitnesses:

W. FLEMING, \VILLTAM DALY. 

